GeForce RTX 2070 Super vs Radeon RX 580

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 580, which uses a 14 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1257 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM works at a speed of 2000 MHz on this model. It features 2304 SPUs as well as 144 TAUs and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 580		185 Watts
GeForce RTX 2070 Super		215 Watts
	Difference: 30 Watts (16%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce RTX 2070 Super should perform a lot faster than the Radeon RX 580 overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070 Super		458752 MB/sec
Radeon RX 580		262144 MB/sec
	Difference: 196608 (75%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2070 Super should be a lot (approximately 42%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon RX 580. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070 Super		256800 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 580		181008 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 75792 (42%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2070 Super should be a lot (approximately 155%) better at AA than the Radeon RX 580, and also should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070 Super		102720 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 580		40224 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 62496 (155%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.